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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GANESHA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GANESHA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURYEastern India. Well cast, the four-armed deity is seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with a thickly beaded lower rim on which his vahana the mouse scurries along. Ganesha holds in his hands a bowl of sweets from which he samples with his trunk, a piece of his broken tusk, and an axe. The head with typically large ears and surmounted by a conical crown.Provenance: From a private collection in Belgium.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture, casting irregularities, obvious losses, few minuscule nicks, tiny dents, the bronze with a rich, naturally grown, smooth, dark patina.Weight: 253 gDimensions: Height 7.5 cmGanesha, the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is a widely cherished deity in the Hindu pantheon. He is worshiped throughout India at the beginning of journeys or new endeavors. As such, he is often placed at thresholds or entries where he is traditionally offered sweets, fruits, coins, flowers, and freshly cut grass. Renowned for his powers to remove obstacles, he also aids in areas of education, knowledge and wisdom, literature and fine arts. In Puranic literature, there is an amusing story about Ganesha's broken tusk: After feasting on sweets one day, Ganesha was returning home on his mount, a mouse. The poor mouse, unable to bear Ganesha's weight, dropped the deity and as a result, Ganesha's stomach burst open spilling sweets. The moon witnessed this scene from the sky and burst into laughter. Ganesha reacted by breaking off one of his tusks and angrily thrusting it at the moon, which is why we see dark spots on the surface of the moon.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related Pala bronze figure of Ganesha, 4.5 cm high, dated to the late 11th century, gifted by Dr. David R. Nalin and now in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S1992.47. Compare a closely related Pala bronze figure of Ganesha, 9 cm high, from the collection of G. Woodtli, illustrated by Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pl. 69H. Compare a related Chola bronze figure of Ganesha dated late 12th-13th century, 7.3 cm high, formerly in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1987.142.325a, b.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's New York, 20 September 2022, lot 102 Price: USD 113,400 or approx. EUR 105,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A copper alloy figure of Ganesha, Eastern India, Pala period, circa 12th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, and subject. Note the size (11 cm).

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